News Release

March 9, 2013
SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation

Test of Live Broadcast of 4K Video

Live 4K video relay of J. League soccer match via satellite
Today (March 9), SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director,
President and Chief Executive Officer: Shinji Takada; referred to as SKY Perfect JSAT below) conducted
a test live satellite broadcast of 4K video of a J. League soccer match.
Todays test involved the transmission of a 2013 J. League match between FC Tokyo and Kashiwa
Reysol at Ajinomoto Stadium (Chofu, Tokyo) via the SKY Perfect JSAT satellite to Odaiba Cinema
Mediage (Minato-ku, Tokyo) for a public viewing. This was our second live broadcast of 4K video,
following a test conducted on October 20 last year.*
With these two successful test broadcasts, SKY Perfect JSAT has confidence in the further spread of the
new world of visual expression made available by 4K. For the latest test, we aimed for a more realistic
soccer broadcast by increasing the number of cameras from five to seven and using 4K super-slow video.
This broadcast demonstrated the appeal of 4K video, which is able to convey the full beauty of the setting
and a sense of depth and presence to conventional Hi-Vision images, vividly bringing to life the
instantaneous changes in motion and in players expressions that are unique to the world of soccer.
Due to the rapidly changing environment surrounding 4K, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Communications Investigative Commission on the Advancement of Broadcast Services is examining
initiatives towards the early spread of Super Hi-Vision (4K/8K) broadcast services. Transmission using
satellites enables broadcasts that require high transmission speeds, such as real-time 4K video from any
location, for example transmission from a vehicle-borne station. This will offer a powerful solution for
markets that demand live broadcasts with high picture quality, such as theater broadcasts of sporting and
other events.
SKY Perfect JSAT will continue to develop new technologies utilizing the broad coverage and powerful
capacity for simultaneous distribution offered by its communications satellite, and will work together with
all involved parties to develop and expand Japans 4K market.
* Click on the link below for details of the test broadcast on October 20, 2012.
http://www.sptvjsat.com/images/en/news_release/1925/1212120_4Klive_EN.pdf

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<For reference>
Outline of the experiment

Date of the experiment

March 9, 2013 13:3016:00
Contents
2013 J. League FC Tokyo vs. Kashiwa Reysol
Uplink
Ajinomoto Stadium, satellite OB van (Chofu, Tokyo), 1.3 m antenna
Downlink
Odaiba Cinema Mediage (Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo), 1.4 m antenna
Satellite
JCSAT-5A satellite
Frequency bandwidth
35.8 MHz
Modulation scheme/FEC rate
32 APSK, FEC 3/4
Information Rate
Up to 120 Mbps
Video compression/encoding method
H.264MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution (horizontal vertical)/scanning method
3840 2160 / 59.94 p

System configuration

S-net
satellite

Odaiba Cinema
Mediage rooftop
receiving antenna

OB van
Satellite
modulator

Satellite
demodulator
Decoder
for
receiving

Encoder for
sending

Switcher
Image
processor

SDI/DVI
converter

Controller

4K
camera/S
SD

Filming/sending
Ajinomoto Stadium

4K projector

Receiving/screening
Odaiba Cinema Mediage

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For this experiment, we enlisted cooperation from the following organizations.

Cooperation in moving pictures
Japan Professional Football League
Filming devices

Canon Inc.
EOS-C500
Digital cinema camera
CN-E30-300 EF cinema lens
Sony Corporation
PEM-F55
CineAlta camera
PVM-X300 30-inch industrial-use 4K monitor
FOR-A Company Limited
FT-ONE
Full 4K variable frame rate camera
ASTRODESIGN, Inc.
HB-7513, RB-7513
4K camera control unit (C500 RAW Developing Device)
AH-4413, AP-4414, AM-4412
4K camera system
HR-7512-A 4K/8K SSD recorder
SR-8422
Super high-vision SSD recorder
GG-167 4K 4K frame memory board
DM-3409
4K 9.6-inch LCD monitor
WM-3207
17-inch 4K waveform monitor
DM-3432
4K 32-inch liquid crystal monitor
NIXUS/Nikko Telecommunications Co., Ltd.
CG-STORE Visual generator filing system
Corporation TELECAM
3G optical transmission device
Canare Electric Co., Ltd.
EO3G-100, OE3G-101 3G-SDI / HD-SDI / SD-SDI optical converter
PFU Limited
QG70
IP Transmitter
Kyodo Television Ltd.
Relay vehicle KR-advance
Sony
MVS-7000X
Multi-format switcher
Sony
SR-R1000
SRMASTER storage unit
Transmission devices
<Senders equipment>
ASTRODESIGN, Inc.
CX-5528A-F MPEG-2 TS multiplexer for relay transmission
Rikei Corporation
NS1000
Satellite modulator
Fujitsu Limited
IP-9610
Video transmission device (H.264 encoder)
<Receivers equipment>
ASTRODESIGN, Inc.
SD-8203
4K-compatible HD-SDI/DVI converter
Rikei Corporation
NS2000
Satellite demodulator
Fujitsu Limited
IP-9610
Video transmission device (H.264 decoder)
Screening Equipment

Sony Corporation
SRX-T420
Data projector
LKRI-005 HDCP DVI board
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